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Large masses and small masses can balance. (Moment)
- Laws of Balance
Small forces can be leveraged into large forces. (MA>1, levers)
Leverage can be achieved in many ways. (simple machines)
Friction takes away from mechanical advantage. (efficiency, pulleys)
- Pulleys
Simple machines can be linked together. (compound machines)
- Rube_Goldberg
- Pyramids
Some machines trade force for distance/speed. (MA<1, gears)
- More_Rotation

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